Battery-terminal puller



Sept 8, 1925- 1,552,616

J. KISTER BATTERY TERMINAL FULLER Filed May 1. 1924 i WK--7; I '23Patented Sept. 8, 1925.

UNITED STATES JAKE KISTER, OF HASTINGS, NEBRASKA.

BATTERY-TERMINAL PULLER.

Application filed May 1,

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JAKE KISTER, a citizen ofthe United States, residing at Hastin' s, in the county of Adams andState of Ne raska, have invented a new and useful Battery-TerminalPuller, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a tool designed primarily for removingterminals from the terminal posts of batteries. I It is an object of thepresent invention to provide a simple form of tool which can be operatedto out under the terminal to which the tool is applied and, after beingproperly applied thereto, can be actuated to force th terminal off ofthe post. 1

A further object is to provide a tool of thischaracter which can beeasily manipulated and will adapt itself automatically to the terminaland thereto.

With the foregoing and other objects in post while being applied viewwhich will appear as the description 3 reference 1 design proceeds, theinvention resides in the combi-- nation and arrangement of parts and inth details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it beingunderstood that changes in the precise embodiment of the inventionherein disclosed' may be inade with in the scope of what is claimedwithout departin from the spirit of the invention.

In t e accom anying drawings the preferred form 0 the invention has beenshown.

In said drawings Figure 1 is an elevation of the tool, one of thepositions thereof relative to the terminal and lines.

Fig. 2 is a section on line 2-2, Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a section on line 33, Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a bottom lan view.

Referring to the gures by characters of ates a cross head having acentral boss 2. The ends of the cross head are forced and pivotallymounted in these ends are arms 3 the free ends of which are providedwith cutting jaws 4 rojecting toward each other. Each of thes jaws, asshown articular] in Fig. 4, has a straight edge, t ese straig t orcutting edges of the two jaws being parallel.

Shdably mounted within the boss 2 and cross head 1 is a sleeve 5 one endof which is screw threaded, as shown at 6 for engagement by a hand wheel7 adapted to bear post being indicated by broken 1924. Serial No.710,412.

against the boss 2. The other end of this sleeve is preferably, althoughnot HBCGS'.

' screw threads at 10 for engagement with the threaded portion 11 of ascrew 12. -:One end of this screw is provided with a head 13 whereby itcan be rotated readily while the other endof the screw has a foot 14supported between the arms 3.

In using thisscrew the hand wheel 7 is screwed upwardly along the sleeve6-so as to allow the cross head 1 to slide upwardly along th sleeve.This will, obviously, result 1n the links 8 swinging upwardlyabove theirpoints of connection with the sleeve 5 so that the arms? will be swungapart as shown, for example, by full lines in Fig. 1. The tool is thenapplied to a terminal post with the jaws 4 at opposite sides of butbelow the terminal. The hand wheel 7 is then screwed downwardly on thesleeve 6 and will .causethe cross head 1 to thrust against the arms 3and cause them to swing inwardl toward each other at the lower ends. husthe sharp ed es of the jaws 4 will out under the termina T until thejaws the post P. After the-jaws have thus been applied the screw 12 isrotated to force the foot 14 against the post P and this 0 eration iscontinued until the jaws 4 pul upwardly on the terminals T to cause itto slide along the post until finally removed therefrom. It will benoted that thefoot 145 is of a diameter equal to or less than thediameter of the post P so that the terminals T can be pulled upwardlyonto the foot.

ith this device terminals can be quickly removed and it will be obviousthat, by reason of the simple construction of the tool, the same can beeasily applied and will act efficiently under all conditions.

What is claimed is A tool of the class described including an elongatedsleeve exteriorly screw threaded at one end and interiorly screwthreaded at direction, oppositely extending airs of links pivoteilyconnected to that en portion of the sleeve which is interioriy screwthreaded, arms pivotally connected to the cross head and having inwardlyextending jaws at their free ends, said arms being pivotally connectedto the respective pairs of links,

and an elongated screw ngagingv flie interior threads in the sleeve andprojecting beyond the ends of the s1eeve,.e foot at one end of thescrew, and a head at the other end thereof. i

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto" afixedmy signature.

' JAKE KISTER.

